Takeout JSON Metadata Fixer

Correct Photo Dates & Metadata

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

Merge JSON metadata into the photo files. Turn your Google Takeout export into a clean, dated, organized photo library. First 1000 photos free. Your Google Photos Takeout export is a mess. Every photo shows today's date. The filenames are cryptic. And sitting next to every picture is a .json file you did not ask for and cannot open. Takeout JSON Metadata Fixer fixes all three, in one click. WHY YOUR DATES ARE WRONG When you download from Google Takeout you do not get your original files back. Google strips the metadata out of each photo and puts it in a separate .json sidecar file instead. Your Mac never reads those files, so it stamps everything with the day you downloaded it. A decade of memories lands in a single day, out of order, with the locations gone. WHAT THIS APP DOES It reads every .json sidecar and writes the real information back into the photo itself, where it belongs. THE RESULT: PHOTOS WITH CORRECT DATES AND METADATA - The real date taken, written into each photo's EXIF, so every app and every device shows it correctly. - The correct file created and modified dates, so your photos sort properly in Finder. - GPS coordinates restored, so you can search your library by place again. - Clean, readable filenames: 2019-07-14-1105_Paris.jpg instead of IMG_20190714_110530_1.jpg. - Tidy folders by year and month, by location, or however you prefer. Your dates travel inside the photos, so they stay correct wherever the photos go next: Apple Photos, iCloud, a NAS, Immich, or a USB stick. BUILT FOR REAL EXPORTS - Multi-part exports: Google splits large libraries into numbered .zip parts. Select them all, or pick one and the app finds the rest. Missing parts are flagged before unpacking starts. - Handles both sidecar naming styles, including .supplemental-metadata.json. - Falls back sensibly: sidecar first, then EXIF, then the file's own date. Photos with no metadata at all still come out dated. - Checks you have enough disk space before it starts. - HEIC converted to JPG for compatibility, with the metadata carried over. - Also works on any folder of photos, with or without .json files, if you just want uniform names and tidy folders. WORKS WITH ANY SOURCE - Google Takeout .zip archives - Any folder of photos already on your Mac - Your Apple Photos library EXPORT ANYWHERE Organize straight onto a USB stick or SD card. Photos land in the standard DCIM folder, where cameras and photo apps look for them. Optionally save a .json sidecar beside each photo for tools that read them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your Mac. Your photos are never uploaded and never leave your computer. FREE TO TRY Organize your first 1000 photos free. Premium unlocks unlimited photos with a single purchase, no subscription. LANGUAGES The app follows the language your Mac is set to: English · Deutsch · Français · Español · Italiano · Português · 日本語 · 한국어 · 简体中文 · Nederlands · Polski · Türkçe · Русский · Svenska · Bahasa Indonesia

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THE APP NOW SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE - The whole app is now available in 15 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Swedish and Indonesian. It follows the language your Mac is set to. - After a run that went well, the app now uses the Mac's own rating sheet, so you can leave a rating without leaving the app.

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    Seller
    • Epictetus LLC
    Size
    • 1.9 MB
    Category
    • Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 14 more
    • English, Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Epictetus LLC